Haskell invitational 2009

Rachel Alexandra, champion of 2009 Preakness stakes and Summer Bird is the winner of the 2009 Belmont Stakes, will be invited to the weekend Gread I Haskell.

Trained by Steve Asmussen, Rachel Alexandra protected by Haskell book 1 1 / 8 miles in 1:47.21 and paid $ 3, $ 2.20 and $ 2.10. Six lengths behind the first Belmont Stakes earlier post Summer Bird, under jockey Kent Desormeaux placed second and returned $ 3.40 and $ 2.60. Another length back Munnings with jockey John Velázquez on the train came in third and paid $ 3.20 to show.

The Haskell Invitational was filly Rachel Alexandra's eighth following success and his tenth win in 12 starts. Rachel Alexandra filly earned $ 700,000 as Haskell success increase her take home income of $ 2,498,354.
"This filly is just incredible," said jockey Calvin Borell, on track filly Rachel Alexandra's winning line back in November when he was her regular rider. "I can not express how good she is. I do not know. I gave her a few taps on the sixteenth post. I would keep her warning with a few taps. She continually searches around the audience, so I standoffish her hectic ropes.